RE: gnumeric-list digest, Vol 1 #1094 - 2 msgs

[Herbert_Desson JLTGROUP COM]

It is perhaps worth noting that it is not particularly unusual for @Risk to
cause Excel to segfault.  This was particularly common with win98 and prior,
but still happens occasionally with win2k.  @Risk has never been a well
behaved application.

Herbert G. Desson, ACAS, MAAA

Actuary
JLT Risk Solutions
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> Some of the people I work with are in the habit of using @Risk and then
> sending me spreadsheets
> that they have created.  

It would be interesting to get an @Risk wrapper for gnumeric done
using their C api.

> Unfortunately, these sheets are causing gnumeric to segfault.  This is
> with gnumeric 1.2.1 -- afraid it is a bit out of date.  I'm limping from
> one laptop hard disk failure to another at the moment -- once I get a
> machine working again I'll take a look into this myself with a newer
> build of gnumeric.
>
> In the meanwhile, I have an example sheet that demonstrates the problem
> if anyone would like to take a look.

Urk!  Yes please.  Bugs like that have my immediate and undivided
attention.  If anyone has a sample file that crashes Gnumeric on
import or crashes XL on export please bugzilla immediately as
'Blocker'.  If the sample is confidential we can make special
arrangements.

Send me the file, get a patch or a release.
 
> Of course, the longer term solution to this is to educate them about the
> wonders of gnumeric's simulation tool :)

:-)



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